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3.
Universities are spaces to....
• sustain conversations
• shape the future of human life
• stimulate innovation
• shape new structures of and for learning
• shape new pedagogies
from ECEL2011 keynote by Prof. Anne Boddington, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of
Brighton

4.
freedom
opening-up
the
participatory
web
innovation
universities are the people!
image with crowd, students

16.
Juliette’s story @juliettephd
• new to downloading apps
• Socrative app > the ‘quiz’ term was problematic
• Game worked better, increased engagement
• also used to collect student feedback on teaching

18.
Nadine’s story @neddy4291
• Twitter to connect with each other, information exchange
• speedy connection via smart devices
• valued connections with the wider community and more experienced colleagues
• organising Twitterchats using hashtags with own students, student-led!!!
• Students were apprehensive about using Twitter for their learning
• YouTube and video creation to catch up
• Nadine stated: “Social media fostered inclusivity”

19.
Gemma’s story @gemmalace
• had a Twitter account before joining
• Twitter > communication with students
• students relactant to respond/share
• introduced Facebook group > observed more exchange

20.
thinking with our hands 1/2
Smart innovation
Task 1 (3 mins): Use up to 10 LEGO®
bricks to create a model of an idea
about how you could teach/learn
smarter (individually)

25.
A module in our pocket, findings
Benefits
• Increased connectivity and connectedness
• Helped the formation of a learning community
• Students’ opened up more, shared more
• Peer-to-peer support, learning and collaboration increased
• Increased curiosity to explore and actively experiment
• Resourceful use of existing technologies
• Teaching practices started changing
Challenges
• Using own devices for Learning and Teaching new concept
• Technological barriers
• Support issues
• Mismatch of expectations
• Social media addiction?

26.
“We need to stop seeing the curriculum as a
predictable, ordered and manageable space, but
instead review it as an important site of
transformation characterised by risk and
uncertainty”
Prof. Maggi Savin-Baden, Prof of Higher Education Research,
Coventry University, 2011 ECEL2011 contribution